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1903 The Books of my Childhood; 1904 A Glance at Two Books (LE) 1904 Anatole France I (NLL) 1904 Henry James (NLL) 1904 Letter to the Times about the North Sea Affair; 1904 One Day More, Dramatization of To-morrow; 1904 A Glance at Two Books (LE) 1904 Preface to Maupassant: Yvette (NLL) 1904–05 Autocracy and War (NLL) 1904–05 The Mirror of ...
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] ⓘ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.
Very shortly after publication in 1920, a book review came out in "The Sewanee Review" in which G.H.C. said that The Rescue is "deeply and sincerely imaginative", and "is Conrad at his best" [1] Also in 1920, The New York Times published an article on The Rescue, in which the 20-year delay from beginning to end of the novel is discussed. [2]
[7] The New York Times, however, called it "an uneven book" and "more open to criticism than most of Mr. Conrad's best work." [8] It is possible that Axel Heyst is based on a character in the play Axël by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, published in 1890, "who detaches himself from life, preferring death to love". [9]
Heart of Darkness is an 1899 novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad in which the sailor Charles Marlow tells his listeners the story of his assignment as steamer captain for a Belgian company in the African interior.
Chance opened a path to commercial success for Conrad after years of slow progress and obscurity. This success could be measured by the record sales of the book in 1914, which outsold all his previous publications and shot him to fame. [4] The complex style of Conrad's narrative in this novel invited widespread criticisms from peers and readers ...
Conrad, at the age of 44, embarked on his first major literary project, Nostromo, completed and published in 1904. In composing Nostromo, Conrad sought to present a broader social landscape in his work. The subject of his early writing, involving “moral dramas tested by the unfamiliar menace of a primitive world” were in abeyance during ...
Books by Joseph Conrad (1 C, 1 P) E. Essays by Joseph Conrad (1 P) J. Joseph Conrad characters (3 P) N. Novellas by Joseph Conrad (4 P) S. Short stories by Joseph ...